Peugeot 206 1.4 HDI wont start

xwdkdmx2 · Post by **xwdkdmx2** » 07 May 2010, 22:50

Hi,

Please Help.

I recently changed the air flow temperature sensor, cleaned my air filter, and changed my fuel filter.

The car is running perfectly, however....

when left cold for a few hours - it will start - then cuts out and wont start without priming the little ball thing in the engine.

any help would be appreciated

thanks

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 08 May 2010, 07:18

hi and welcome

maybe you have an air leak at the fuel filter, what type if filter housing dose it have

regards malcolm

spider · Post by **spider** » 08 May 2010, 11:38

I'd agree air leakage.

Malcolm, from memory these have that 'sealed' unit next to the coolant expansion tank bottle.

I also remember some of them (as some Ford's that had this unit in did it to) the plastic fuel lines across the back of the engine could sometimes become porous, although rare but annoying...

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » 08 May 2010, 12:03

xwdkdmx2 wrote:Hi,

and changed my fuel filter.

Maybe you haven't got it put together correctly. 'O' ring in the top OK?

Post by **myglaren** » 08 May 2010, 12:18

I changed mine a couple of weeks ago and it came with a kit of 'o' rings and plugs.
Put the 'o' ring in place and turned it on, spewed diesel all over the place, refused completely to seal with the 'o' ring in place, sealed fine without it.

Likely the same filter, but not certain as I was supplied the wrong one first - in fact all the filters were wrong, based on the registration number

It could still be that the cap is not correctly located - there is an index on mine to show correct location.
Perhaps there is some debris caught somewhere preventing an airtight seal. I would imagine this would result in spilled diesel as in my case but perhaps your car has the hand primer, not the lift pump in the tank. If so, operate the hand primer beyond it going hard and it may reveal the leak.

Thought I had a photo but apparently not

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 09 May 2010, 09:52

can you post a picy of your filter, i imagine it to be the oval type with the plastic ratchet type clamp to hold the lid in place,

regards malcolm

Post by **myglaren** » 09 May 2010, 10:25

citronut wrote:can you post a picy of your filter, i imagine it to be the oval type with the plastic ratchet type clamp to hold the lid in place,

regards malcolm

I'm presuming you didn't mean mine Malcolm, but mines a round one, not oval.
My mate with the Berlingo had his filter changed about a month ago and his was the oval one, they broke the retaining clip when replacing it.

He went to a dealer (quite close to me as it happens) and they told him he could only buy the complete housing at £47+VAT.
Went to another dealer (who he despises as they gave him a terrible runaround on a C3) and bought just the cap for about a fiver.

This is mine:

Apologies for the rubbish photo. Although bright and sunny it was as black as Hades under the bonnet there. Camera popped the flash unit up after I had taken the photo. Couldn't see it - no glasses - so presumed it would be OK.

Wrong again

I've just had to 'attend' to it. Did a 100 mile trip to a scrapyard thet I suceeded in not finding but stopped to ask directions 12 miles down a cul-de-sac

to the smell of diesel, filter housing had decided to leak.
Fixed that (hit it with a big hammer and a piece of wood - works every time

) and continued.

The scrapyard was actually only 20 miles away but the magical mystery tour syndrome kicked in on the way there, as usual.

xwdkdmx2 · Post by **xwdkdmx2** » 09 May 2010, 15:03

hi,

thanks for the replies

i have no idea about the orings

the filter is an alco ff058

any more help on fixing this myself is appreciated

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Post by **myglaren** » 09 May 2010, 15:52

Is this the one?

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 09 May 2010, 16:10

myglaren wrote:
The scrapyard was actually only 20 miles away but the magical mystery tour syndrome kicked in on the way there, as usual.

Which scrapyard do you go to Steve? The Peterlee one?

Seems to be very few around here.

Post by **myglaren** » 09 May 2010, 17:05

No, I was told there was a C5 in Bell's, Bishop Aukland but did a Gargle search and found a different one in Shildon that I took to be the one. Took a wrong turning off the A1 - went onto the A177 instead of the A638 or something. It just deteriorated from there and I kept going through Newton Aycliff, Shildon, Bishop Aukland etc but seeing nothing and directions were hopeless.
Had a coffee and scrubbed the diesel off my hands, got more useless directions, did another tour and gave up.

Reminds me of our return trip from Munich, or perhaps Cologne, we only had a short time to get the ferry in Kiel and somehow ended up in Bochum and couldn't get out, just went around in circles for ages. Saw the same scenery in a German film a few years ago and recognised practically every blade of grass

I'll get better directions for the week after next, when the car will have been crushed, and let Tomtom lead the way

Incidentally, when I went to print out the Gargle Maps & directions, it came up with not maps but dozens of photo's, from my house to the elusive scrapyard.

Unfortunately I have a five-second memory so they were no help at all.

At least I have vacuumed out ten tons of grit and crumbs from the car and refitted the trim I pulled off a couple of years ago to replace the aircon controller - except for one bit that I couldn't fathom where it lived so it's back in the box of bits for that one - forever probably.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 10 May 2010, 08:08

i know what you mean about the type of filter houseing you have Steve,its a right pain in the doooo daaaa to stop them leaking, i spoze i will have to buy the propper tool ans see if that works better than my mole'y chain wrench,

those plastic clamps on the oval filter are availible on there own i belive

regards malcolm

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